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Articles of Confederation
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| America’s first national constitution. The document established a confederation- an association of independent, sovereign states with certain common goals. Adopted formally by congress on November 1777, but the 13 states ratified the document because of its disputes. |
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Northwest Ordinance
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| Created a system for the formation of new states; granted settlers religous freedom, civil rights and banned slavery in the territory. |
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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| Set up a plan to survey, divide, and sell land in the Northwest Territory. |
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Constitutional Convention
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| Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States. |
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| Introduced by Edmund Randolp, the government would have 3 branches with a bicameral legislature; both houses would base representation on population; lower house would vote on upper house. |
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New Jersey Plan
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| Addressed concerns of small states. Proposed a unicameral legislature with equal representation. Also wanted a ‘plural executive’ 2-3 top executives chosen by Congress. |
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Great Compromise
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| A bicameral legislature with the lower house based on population and the upper house having 2 members per state (equal representation). |
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| Slave states wanted to count slaves when determining population for representation, free states did not; they agreed to count 3 of every 5 slaves; they also agreed to end the slave trade after 20 years and return runaway slaves. |
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Alien and Sedition Act
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| In response to the XYZ Affair, this act was passed to ‘protect’ the US from foreign enemies by raising residency requirements for citizenship and allowing for the fining and jailing of those criticizing the government. |
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Louisiana Purchase
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| 1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France made by Jefferson doubling the size of the US. |
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| Southerners and Westerners who were eager for war with Britain. They had a strong sense of nationalism and wanted to takeover British land in North America and expand. |
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| Allows the court to determine the constitutionality of laws. |
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| Supporters of the new constitution led by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. They argued that the new government was strong enough to survive and included checks on abuses of power. |
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| In 1786-1787, rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts. Protested mortgage foreclosures and highlighted the need for a strong national government as the Constitutional Convention went out. |
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Federalist Papers
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| Collection of 85 articles written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the name "Publius" that discussed and defended each part of the Constitution. |
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reserved powers
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| Powers given to the state government alone |
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Judiciary Act of 1789
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| Organized the judicial branch, creating a 6-person Supreme Court, district courts, and appeals courts. |
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Democratic-Republicans
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| Believed states should be more powerful than the federal government with a strict interpretation of the Constitution led by Jefferson. |
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Pickney’s Treaty
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| Treaty with Spain settling border and trade disputes. |
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Sectionalism
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| Being loyal to a region over the US. |
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VA & KY Resolutions
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| Written by Jefferson and Madison who claimed the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional and said states could nullify them (declare them void) part of states rights. |
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| On December 24, 1814, the War of 1812 ended restoring the status quo. For the most part, territory captured in the war was returned to the original owner. It also set up a commission to determine the disputed Canada/U.S. border. |
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Embargo Act
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| An act in 1807 that ended all of America’s importation and exportation. Jefferson hoped that the act would pressure the French and British to recognize U.S. neutrality rights in exchange for U.S. goods. However, Americans economy struggled and our economy and got repealed in 1809. |
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Judiciary Act of 1801
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| Added new judgeship positions. |
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Anti Federalists
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| Those who were against the constitution led by Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry. Worried that the new government was too strong and would be no better than being under a monarchy in Britain. The major demand of the anti-federalists was the inclusion of the Bill of Rights. |
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| First 10 amendments to the Constitution. |
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| A team of advisors to the president who run executive departments; the leader is called a Secretary. |
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delegated powers
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| Powers expressed, implied, or inherent granted to the National Government by the Constitution. |
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| Part of Hamilton's Plan, it would save the government's surplus money until it was needed. |
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Neutrality Proclamation
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| States that the United States would not take sides with any European countries that were at war. |
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| Britain agreed to pay for damages to American ships and leave forts on the frontier, in return the US paid debts owed to Great Britain. |
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| Incident in 1797 where French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats. |
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Battle of New Orleans
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| Battler during the War of 1812, British army attempted to take New Orleans. They were defeated by Jackson gave him an enormous popularity boost. |
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| Forcing US sailors to serve in the British navy |
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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| In 1804, expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the Louisiana Purchase. |
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